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As with the first edition, the book is divided into five major sections. The first part begins with an account of the main measurement techniques, methodologies, and instruments found in experimental phonetic laboratories. The next part explores aspects of the anatomical and physiological framework for normal and disordered speech production. The third and largest part of the book focuses on the acquisition of speech and theories and models of speech production and perception. The fourth part deals with the linguistic motivation of much research in the phonetic sciences in covering a number of key areas of linguistic phonetics. The final part returns to experimental approaches to the phonetic sciences but this time focusing on speech signal processing and engineering in an overview of the main developments in speech technology. There are extensive pointers to further reading in each chapter. Part I has four chapters on the topic of Experimental Phonetics. The section begins with a critical evaluation by Maureen Stone on current laboratory techniques that measure the oral vocal tract during speech. The focus is on instruments that measure the articulators directly and indirectly. Indirect measurements come from instruments that are remote from the structures of interest such as imaging techniques (e.g., X-ray, mri , and ultrasound). Direct measurements come from instruments that ... log in or subscribe to read full text